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Aussie exceptionalism
It would have once been uncontroversial to suggest nations have characteristics that not only distinguish them from other countries, but…
We’re all Huguenots now
I’m not one of those Christians who go in for high days and holy days. Truth be told, I find…
Two bad ideas
Two absurd propositions are currently gaining unwarranted attention: ‘recognising’ aborigines in the Constitution and a recycled idea from the 1970s…
Anti-Semitism of the progressive churches
One of the nastiest perversions of Christianity in the world today – the attempted demonisation and isolation of Israel –has…
Vagabondism and harlotry
That we are to have yet another Royal Commission into Aboriginal Affairs is good news for some. It is good…
The morality of mandatory detention
Last week on the ABC programme, the Drum, I confronted my unwilling conscience. The topic was the Manus Island immigration…
Business/Robbery etc
There’ll always be a Menzies while there’s a BHP For they have paid their dividends since 1883. There’ll always be…
Even Gillard got her Census right
In 14AD, the Roman Emperor Tiberius, an unlovable man who succeeded the far superior Augustus, successfully managed a census of…
For Scott’s Eyes Only
Three cheers for the government for saving us from the Yellow Investment Peril. If it weren’t for Treasurer Scott Morrison,…
Libs’ bad joke
The Liberal factional powerbroker-lobbyists disaster in NSW now belongs to Malcolm Turnbull. Failure to prevent the exercise of lobbyist power…
Aux bien pensants
Why do some governments behave as if they’re little more than thieves in the night? Why is it that the…
Checking out
Religion has no part to play in public policy, according to TV producer Andrew Denton — even when it comes…
Unlike Zwingli
Ulrich Zwingli (1484-1531) the great Protestant reformer of the sixteenth century would have been impressed with the determination shown by…
WARNING: This article contains ideas that offend
Disgracefully, an Australian university is introducing ‘trigger warnings’
Leakphobia
What could a trendy, tattooed, godless leftie in the hippest bit of Melbourne possibly have in common with an Isis-admiring…
World Vision’s blind spot
‘I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here,’ said Captain Louis Renault as he collected his…
Cartoon heroes
While non-Aboriginal Australians squirm with guilt over their ‘privilege’, a cabal of middle-class Aboriginals have proven adept at pretending their…
Mad and bad
On a warm summer night in London’s Russell Square a young, Muslim migrant randomly stabs members of the public. He…
In praise of Bill
A few months ago I attended a lunch at which I was serendipitously seated next to a hero of mine,…
Restraining Kevin
If a diplomat, as Winston Churchill once said, is a person who can tell you to go to hell in…
Cabinet is not ‘fit for purpose’
The new cabinet confirmed at its very first meeting that it is not ‘fit for purpose’. With 23 ministers, it…
So even Rudd’s better than a Kiwi?
Anyone who has observed the relationship between Australia and New Zealand over many years is forced to an inescapable conclusion.…
DEL-CON NOTES
With the House of Representatives composition now known, though with the Senate still to be finally decided, this note is…
Business/Music etc
Thanks, but no, thanks. Don’t even bother thinking about complaints that the big end of town should have done more…
Head-counting the Christians
Is it just me, or is there something distinctly uncertain about atheist advertising campaigns? I mean they lack nothing in…
